Storm window



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STORM wINDow Filed' Feb. 17, 1944 l 1N V EN TOR. Enya/mb e1/'76 PatentedNov. 11, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT anger STORM WINDOW Benjamin D.Levine, Newton, Mass.

Application February 17, 1944, Serial No. 522,757

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to storm windows used as a double windowin buildings and dwellings. Such storm windows are usually removable andare put on buildings during the fall when cold weather sets in and aretaken down again in the spring. Y

Many Various arrangements have been devised for securing storm windowssuch as hinging or attaching eyes and bolts. The type of storm windowthat must be attached from the outside is inconvenient to put up on theupper floors and storm windows which are screwed into the sash frametend to spoil and rot away the woodwork. Frequently, too, such stormwindows do not t well and permit drafts of cold air to come through.

'The present invention overcomes these diiculties and provides a stormwindow construction which not only can be easily installed and removedfrom the inside, within the building, but also after removal provides aframework in which screens may sbe substituted.

The present invention has the further feature that it is substantiallyair tight, cutting out all drafts. Further advantage is to be found inthe fact that the storm windows are themselves in sections and thereforecomparatively light and easy to handle.

Other merits and advantages of the present invention will be more fullyunderstood from a consideration of the specification below describing anembodiment of the same when taken in connection with the drawings, inwhich:

Figure 1 shows a broken elevational view of a form of the invention asviewed from the outside of the building.

Figure 2 shows a sectional broken view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure1.

Figure 3 shows a section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure1.

Figure 4 shows a section taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 1, and,

Figure 5 shows a section taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure1.

In Figures 1 to 5 inclusive the storm window is shown as made up of onlytwo sections, 40 and 4I, although a number of sections may be used. Inthis form of the invention, the channel in which the window sashes areset is shown in section in Figures 2, 3 and 4. The top channel attachedto the top part of the frame 4i) is simply an inverted U shaped channel42 which is held to the frame 4 by means of spikes or pegs 43. The sidechannel member on one side has a section as shown in Figure 3. Thischannel 44 at one side of the frame extends all the way down from the 2top to the bottom land is nailed to the side of the frame by spikes orpegs 45. This channel i4 is in the form of a reversed C shape with aturned back flange 46 which goes over the face of the outside of thesash frame as indicated more clearly in Figure 1 The channel 44 extendsall the way up and down on one side of the sash and on the other side ofthe sash extends to a point B just above the end of the next to the lastsash.

In Figure 1, since there are only two window sashes, the point B is justabove the lower end of the top sash. The reason for this will appearmore clearly later, but it may be stated that this construction enablesthe windows to be easily inserted and removed.

Extending from the point B down to the'bottom of the frame on the righthand side shown in Figure 1, the lower channel member ,is composed oftwo elements, one element 4l being attached to the lower window sash 4Iby pegs 48 and the other element I9 being nailed to the frame i by pegs50.

These two elements 41 and 49 together form substantially the same shapechannel as shown in Figure 3. The element 4l is attached wholly to thelower frame 4I and not to the upper frame 40. This element has areversed iiange 5l which extends over the outer face of the frame lthereby serving as protection for this part of the frame and preventingthe wind and weather from entering within the storm Window. It extendsdown to the bottom of the window sash, as indicated in Figure 1. Theinner L channeled member, however, may be cut short at the line C, asindicated in Figure 1.

The two sashes 40 and 4l are interlocked together by means of theshoulder flange 52 which is arranged t0 t the shoulder extending upwardon the inside side edge of the sash so that no water will drain inwardthrough the window. The top inverted U shaped channel is long enough toextend over the wood of the top sash 40 and, as indicated in Figure 2,this top part of the sash has considerable leeway or space within thechannel 42.

Handles 53 and 54 may be provided on the inside of the lower sash 4Iwhich are used in putting the windows in place and removing them. Thelower sash 4I is also provided with a latching bolt 55 which latches inplace over the side edge of the window frame I. In this construction thetop sash member is put in place and slid upward in position to the topof the channel 4Z. The lower sash is then inserted by inserting the sideof the sash in the side channel where the channel is the same all theway up and down the frame. It is then swung forward from an outerposition inward toward the window frame after which the top sash may belet down to its interlocking position, thus accounting for the space inthe top channel 42. The sash il carries its channel member 4l and setsnally in position shown in Figure 1. The latch 55 may .then be bolted inposition and the storm window is completely installed. f

In this construction the Whole of the window frame is protected andthere is no possibility of window frame. the easy removal of the windowframes and there may be substituted for them corresponding l screens inthe summer time.

The material for the Various parts of the storm windows may be variedwithin suitable range of g materials and in place of felt strips, otherforms of insulating materials may be used such as rubber stripping orwood with felt between or metal lined with some insulating material.

Having now described my invention, I claim:`

1. In a storm Window adapted to lt into a window frame of the typedescribed, a channel member lining the window frame on both sides andthe top thereof forming side and top channels, a plurality of windowsashes having overlapping edge surfaces in adjoining sides along thesupporting edges of the sashes, the lower window sash on one sidecarrying a portion of the side channel and the window frame carrying theother portion, and means latching said lower window to the frame on saidside.

2. In a storm Window adapted to t into a Window frame of the typedescribed, a channel member lining the window frame on both sides andthe top thereof forming side andrtop channels, a. plurality of windowsashes having overlapping edge surfaces in adjoining sides along thesup#- porting edges of the sashes, the lower window sash on one sidecarrying a portion of the side channel and the window frame carrying theother portion, and means latching said lower Window sash to the frame onsaid side, said portions being divided into outer and inner portionswith said lower window sash carrying the outer portion of said channeland said window frame carrying the inner portion of said channel.

3. A storm window adapted to iit into a window frame having a pluralityof independent window sashes with each sash resting on the sash beneathit, comprising a channel member having j front and back portions liningthe Window frame in which the window sashes are to be placed, saidchannel member extending around one side, the top and the other side ofthe window frame to a point just above the top of the lowest sashmember, said Window sashes adapted to t into the channel member to llout the window frame, overlapping means iitting the adjoining sides ofone sash with the other along the supporting edge of the sash, and meansforming a channel membei', part thereof being attached to the lowerwindow sash and part to the side of the frame on the side where the rstmentioned channe1 member stops, and means for latching the lower sash tothe frame on said last mentioned side.

BENJAMIN D. LEVINE.

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